This revolutionary program is the first-ever designed to accelerate the reading achievement of beginning English-Language Learners to a reading level at which they can fully participate in core reading instruction along with their English-speaking peers. Zip Zoom Critical-Word Readers are proven to help English-Language Learners gain reading skills at a rate that will close the achievement gap.

Program Author
Dr. Elfrieda Heibert
University of California, BerkleyLearn More

Professional Guide
Provides complete instruction for each paired book and supports all three levels of the program.

Proven to Work

Building Reading Fluency for ELLsHiebert Study
With only 12 weeks of instruction, Zip Zoom Critical-Word Readers accelerated students’ reading fluency at a rate researchers have proposed as necessary for closing the achievement gap.